6 attractions in Gwacheon, including Gwacheon National Science Museum, Seoul Grand Park and Seoul Land. Map, details and practical tips before you go.
Museums
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Next to Seoul Grand Park in Gwacheon stands a large national science museum. When it opened in 2008, its 19,127 m² of exhibition space was reported to be three times that of the National Science Museum in Daejeon, and between the dinosaur…
Zoos
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Seoul Grand Park lies in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province, but is run by the City of Seoul. It brings together Seoul Zoo, the largest zoo in Korea, a botanical garden, themed gardens and forest trails. The facilities are spread around a central…
Theme parks
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Seoul Land is an amusement park inside Seoul Grand Park, at the foot of Mt. Cheonggyesan in Gwacheon. It opened in May 1988, just before the Seoul Olympics, and is often described as Korea's first theme park. It is usually less crowded tha…
Historic sites & memorials
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On his journeys south to visit the tomb of his father, Crown Prince Sado, King Jeongjo rested at this old government guesthouse in Gwacheon and found it so pleasant that he gave it a name of its own. The building, sitting at the foot of Gw…
Mountains & peaks
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Spanning Seocho-gu in Seoul and the Gyeonggi cities of Gwacheon, Seongnam and Uiwang, Cheonggyesan is southern Seoul's go-to mountain, with the Shinbundang Line running almost to the trailhead. True to its name ("clear valley mountain"), i…
Museums
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The Chusa Museum, run by the city of Gwacheon, brings together the life, scholarship and art of Chusa Kim Jeong-hui (1786–1856), the late-Joseon scholar and calligrapher. It opened on 3 June 2013 right next to Gwaji Chodang, the cottage wh…